Leading Red Chinese Musician Flees to United States
Ma Szu tsung a prominent violinist and cultural leader fled Communist China in January aboard a small tugboat later found abandoned near Hong Kong. He and his family were granted asylum in the United States and live with his brother in Manhattan. Ma described brutal Red Guard treatment and said the cultural revolution was a political purge. He earlier headed Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music and voiced disillusionment with Maoist upheavals.
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Boys Rescued From Camp by Water Carriers Team
Police report that a group of boys aged 10 to 12 were rescued from a camp. A team of 100 water carriers on construction work aided in the operation. Local authorities linked the incident to unsafe camp conditions and transferred the youths to custody for evaluation.
Republicans say oppose seating Powell amid probe
A group of House Republicans reportedly oppose seating Adam Clayton Powell until the Justice Department completes its inquiry into misconduct. Key GOP figures urge waiting for legal action while Powell seeks to overturn his exclusion after winning a March special election.
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Powell Signals Court Hint in Cuban? Bahamas Report
Powell shows more interest in a Washington court battle over Congress seating him than in election matters. He declines comment on reports about delaying his election certificate amid a 22 year Senate run. An attorney and Harlem church leader O'Dell Clark travel to Bimini to confer with the Harlem preacher-politician.
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